Stand-ins

Stand-ins

Getty photo by Chip Somodevilla

Life-size photographic cut-outs of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stand guard on either side of the curtain between the news media and the nominee's area on board the "Straight Talk Air" campaign plane in Farmingdale, New York.

Life-size photographic cut-outs of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stand guard on either side of the curtain between the news media and the nominee's area on board the "Straight Talk Air" campaign plane in Farmingdale, New York. (Getty photo by Chip Somodevilla)

Life-size photographic cut-outs of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stand guard on either side of the curtain between the news media and the nominee's area on board the "Straight Talk Air" campaign plane in Farmingdale, New York.